Varanasi panchang, 21 February 2028
Sunrise 06:29 Sunset 17:53 Moonrise 03:44 Magha month
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · 25.32°, 83.01° · Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:29 to 17:53- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Amrit
- Rahu Kalam 07:55 – 09:20
- Yamaganda 10:46 – 12:11
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:48 – 12:34
- Durmuhurta 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta 14:51 – 15:37
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
Night
17:53 to 06:28 next day- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Pradosha 17:53 – 20:24
- Brahma Muhurta 04:48 – 05:38 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 18:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:36 next day Moon enters Capricorn
The five limbs
- Tithi Krishna Dwadashi until 08:08 next day
- Nakshatra Purva Ashadha until 19:53 · lord Venus
- Yoga Siddhi until 17:00
- Karana Kaulava until 18:55, then Taitila
- Vara Monday lord Moon
- Moon and Sun Sagittarius Moon Sun in Aquarius
- 17:00 Yoga becomes Vyatipata
- 18:55 Karana becomes Taitila
- 19:53 Nakshatra becomes Uttara Ashadha
- 02:36 next day Moon enters Capricorn
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:55 – 09:20
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:46 – 12:11
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:34 – 13:20
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 13:37 – 15:02
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 14:51 – 15:37
- Inauspicious yoga Vyatipata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34–35, p. 28; Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 33 (Vajra 9 in Muhūrta-mārtaṇḍa v. 2, p. 3) 17:00 – 17:49 next day
- Utpata Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 06:29 – 19:53
- Marana (Mrtyu) Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.30, p. 23 19:53 – 06:28 next day
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:48 – 05:39
- Abhijit Muhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:48 – 12:34
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:53 – 20:24
Choghadiya
| Amrit | 06:29 – 07:55 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Kaal | 07:55 – 09:20 | Bad |
| Shubh | 09:20 – 10:46 | Good |
| Rog | 10:46 – 12:11 | Bad |
| Udveg | 12:11 – 13:37 | Bad |
| Char | 13:37 – 15:02 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:02 – 16:28 | Good |
| Amrit | 16:28 – 17:53 | Good |
| Char | 17:53 – 19:28 | Neutral |
|---|---|---|
| Rog | 19:28 – 21:02 | Bad |
| Kaal | 21:02 – 22:37 | Bad |
| Labh | 22:37 – 00:11 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 00:11 – 01:45 next day | Bad |
| Shubh | 01:45 – 03:20 next day | Good |
| Amrit | 03:20 – 04:54 next day | Good |
| Char | 04:54 – 06:28 next day | Neutral |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:26 NowSaturn
- 08:23 NowJupiter
- 09:20 NowMars
- 10:17 NowSun
- 11:14 NowVenus
- 12:11 NowMercury
- 13:08 NowMoon
- 14:05 NowSaturn
- 15:02 NowJupiter
- 15:59 NowMars
- 16:56 NowSun
- 17:53 NowVenus
- 18:56 NowMercury
- 19:59 NowMoon
- 21:02 NowSaturn
- 22:05 NowJupiter
- 23:08 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:11 NowSun
- 01:14 NowVenus
- 02:17 NowMercury
- 03:20 NowMoon
- 04:22 NowSaturn
- 05:25 NowJupiter
- 06:29 NowMoon
- 07:29 NowSaturn
- 08:29 NowJupiter
- 09:29 NowMars
- 10:29 NowSun
- 11:29 NowVenus
- 12:29 NowMercury
- 13:29 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:29 NowJupiter
- 16:29 NowMars
- 17:29 NowSun
- 18:29 NowVenus
- 19:29 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:29 NowSaturn
- 22:29 NowJupiter
- 23:29 NowMars
- Next day
- 00:29 NowSun
- 01:29 NowVenus
- 02:29 NowMercury
- 03:29 NowMoon
- 04:29 NowSaturn
- 05:29 NowJupiter
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:48 – 06:08 Capricorn
- 06:08 – 07:39 Aquarius
- 07:39 – 09:07 Pisces
- 09:07 – 10:45 Aries
- 10:45 – 12:42 Taurus
- 12:42 – 14:56 Gemini
- 14:56 – 17:14 Cancer
- 17:14 – 19:28 Leo
- 19:28 – 21:41 Virgo
- 21:41 – 23:57 Libra
- 23:57 – 02:14 next day Scorpio
- 02:14 – 04:19 next day Sagittarius
- 04:19 – 06:04 next day Capricorn
- 06:04 – 06:28 next day Aquarius
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in IST (UTC+5:30) · Method